Mr. H. Gross Smith on Ornitlioptera Victorise, Gray. 445 



Epitola uniformis. 



Expands about 1^ incli. 



Shape of E. hadia, which it much resembles ; the blue is 

 paler, especially in the female, in which sex the brown border 

 of tlie hind wings is much broader ; there is a conspicuous 

 blackish spot at the end of the cell of the fore wings, wliich 

 at once distinguishes it. Underside uniform brown, greyer 

 and with a pale space on the inner margin of the fore wings 

 in the female. 



Hah. Lagos (c?), Cameroons ( ? ). 



Allied to E. zeha. Hew., and E. hadia. 



LVIII. — Description of the Jiitherto unknown Male of Orni- 

 thoptera Victoriee, Gray. By H. GrOSE Smith. 



Ornitlioptera Victor ice j Gray. 



Male. — Upperside. Anterior wings velvety black, the basal 

 three fourths of the cell and two thirds of the space beneath 

 the cell to the inner margin golden green. Towards the apex 

 is another large patch of golden green, triangular, the base 

 of the triangle being just below the first discocellular nervule; 

 between the basal and apical patches of colour is a brownish- 

 black sericeous space. 



Posterior wings velvety black, the space between the costa 

 and the cell, the basal part of the cell, and the basal part of 

 the median nervules green ; three submarginal oval golden- 

 green spots between the nervules, the first being situate below 

 the second subcostal nervule, and each of the lower spots 

 being centred with a bright orange ovate spot ; the rest of 

 the wings, except the fold, more or less irrorated with green ; 

 the abdominal fold only extends two thirds the length of the 

 wings, causing the appearance of an excavation at the anal 

 angle. Both wings are comparatively narrow, the cell on the 

 upper wings is very broad, and on the lower wings is elon- 

 gated. 



Underside. Both wings golden green. Anterior wings, 

 costa, and nervures black ; an irregular black patch towards 

 the upper part of the end of the cell and beyond it, with a 

 few scattered green scales, and four submarginal lunular 

 black spots between the nervules ; the space above the inner 

 margin, almost as far as the cell, devoid of scales and brownish 

 grey. Posterior wings with elongated or ovate black spots 



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